Funding search · EIN 236420229 · Santa Barbara, CA

The Leslie S and Philip L Bernstein Family

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

121
grants reported
$858,500
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$1,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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1 grant matching “birnam · $5,000

  • $5,000

    Santa Barbara Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021

    Birnam wood members veterans scholarship fund

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • Music Academy of the West4 grants · $203,500
  • Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital4 grants · $200,000
  • Sansum Clinic4 grants · $120,000
  • Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara4 grants · $60,000
  • Lobero Theatre Foundation2 grants · $51,000
  • Ophthalmicedge3 grants · $30,000
  • California Pacific Medical Center Foundation2 grants · $15,000
  • California Pacific Medical Center Foundation1 grant · $15,000
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution3 grants · $14,500
  • Germantown Academy4 grants · $14,000

Giving over time

$200,250
2021
$187,500
2022
$262,000
2023
$208,750
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 121 grants.

  • $75,000

    Music Academy of the West · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    Provide General Funding

  • $53,500

    Music Academy of the West · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021

    Provide General Funding

  • $50,000

    Music Academy of the West · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Provide General Funding

  • $50,000

    Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Provide general funding

  • $50,000

    Lobero Theatre Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    Provide General Funding

  • $50,000

    Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    Provide general funding

  • $50,000

    Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    Provide general funding

  • $50,000

    Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021

    Provide general funding

  • $30,000

    Sansum Clinic · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    To support the endocrinology department

  • $30,000

    Sansum Clinic · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    To support the endocrinology department

  • $30,000

    Sansum Clinic · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    To support the endocrinology department

  • $30,000

    Sansum Clinic · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021

    To support the endocrinology department

  • $25,000

    Music Academy of the West · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    Provide General Funding

  • $20,000

    Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    Provide general funding

  • $20,000

    Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021

    Provide general funding

  • $15,000

    California Pacific Medical Center Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2021

    Living Donor Kidney Program

  • $11,000

    Germantown Academy · Fort Washington, PA · 2024

    Provide General Funding

  • $10,000

    Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Provide general funding

  • $10,000

    Ophthalmicedge · New York, NY · 2024

    Provide General Funding

  • $10,000

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution · Woods Hole, MA · 2024

    Provide General Funding

  • $10,000

    California Pacific Medical Center Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2023

    To Support Living Donor Kidney program

  • $10,000

    Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    Provide general funding

  • $10,000

    Ophthalmicedge · New York, NY · 2023

    Provide General Funding

  • $10,000

    Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    Provide general funding

  • $10,000

    Ophthalmicedge · New York, NY · 2022

    Provide General Funding

  • $10,000

    World Class Accessibility Foundation · Vali, CO · 2022

    Provide general funding

  • $5,000

    California Pacific Medical Center Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2024

    To Support Living Donor Kidney program

  • $5,000

    The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    Provide general funding

  • $5,000

    The Metropolitan Opera Guild · New York, NY · 2022

    Provide general funding

  • $5,000

    Uc Santa Barbara Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    Provide General Funding

  • $5,000

    Santa Barbara Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021

    Birnam wood members veterans scholarship fund

  • $5,000

    Yellowstone Forever · Yellowstone Natl Park, WY · 2021

    Provide General Funding

  • $2,500

    Ganna Walska Lotusland · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Provide general funding

  • $2,500

    World Class Accessibility Foundation · Vail, CO · 2024

    Provide General Funding

  • $2,500

    Ganna Walska Lotusland · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    Provide general funding

  • $2,500

    The Metropolitan Opera Guild · New York, NY · 2023

    Provide general funding

  • $2,500

    Ganna Walska Lotusland · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    Provide general funding

  • $2,500

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution · Woods Hole, MA · 2022

    Provide General Funding

  • $2,500

    Santa Barbara Museum of Art · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021

    Provide general funding

  • $2,000

    The Metropolitan Opera Guild · New York, NY · 2024

    Provide general funding

  • $2,000

    Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    Provide general funding

  • $2,000

    Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    Provide General Funding

  • $2,000

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution · Woods Hole, MA · 2023

    Provide General Funding

  • $2,000

    Casa Del Herrero · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021

    Provide general funding

  • $1,500

    Santa Barbara Botanic Garden · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Provide General Funding

  • $1,500

    Santa Barbara Botanic Garden · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    Provide General Funding

  • $1,500

    Yosemite Conservancy · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Provide general funding

  • $1,500

    Santa Barbara Botanic Garden · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    Provide General Funding

  • $1,000

    Angel Flight of New England · North Andover, MA · 2024

    Provide General Funding

  • $1,000

    Children'S Museum of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Provide General Funding

  • $1,000

    Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Provide general funding

  • $1,000

    Heal the Ocean · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Provide general funding

  • $1,000

    John & Anna Newton Porter Foundation · Alton Bay, NH · 2024

    Provide General Funding

  • $1,000

    Lobero Theatre Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Provide General Funding

  • $1,000

    Montecito Community Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Provide General Funding

  • $1,000

    Montecito Friends of the Library · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Provide General Funding

  • $1,000

    Montecito Trails Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Provide General Funding

  • $1,000

    Public Media Group of Southern California · Burbank, CA · 2024

    Provide General Funding

  • $1,000

    Santa Barbara Historical Museum · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Provide General Funding

  • $1,000

    Santa Barbara Museum of Art · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Provide General Funding

  • $1,000

    Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Provide General Funding

  • $1,000

    Santa Barbara Soccer Club · Goleta, CA · 2024

    Provide General Funding

  • $1,000

    Santa Barbara Zoological Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Provide General Funding

  • $1,000

    Smithsonian Institution · Wahington, DC · 2024

    Provide General Funding

  • $1,000

    St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024

    Provide General Funding

  • $1,000

    The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Provide general funding

  • $1,000

    Uc Santa Barbara Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Provide General Funding

  • $1,000

    United Service Organizations · Arlington, VA · 2024

    Provide General Funding

  • $1,000

    Wesleyan University · Middletown, CT · 2024

    Provide general funding

  • $1,000

    Yellowstone Forever · Yellowstone Natl Park, WY · 2024

    Provide General Funding

  • $1,000

    Yosemite Conservancy · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Provide general funding

  • $1,000

    Children'S Museum of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    Provide General Funding

  • $1,000

    Germantown Academy · Fort Washington, PA · 2023

    Provide General Funding

  • $1,000

    Heal the Ocean · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    Provide general funding

  • $1,000

    John & Anna Newton Porter Foundation · Alton Bay, NH · 2023

    Provide general funding

  • $1,000

    Montecito Community Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    Provide General Funding

  • $1,000

    Public Media Group of Southern California · Burbank, CA · 2023

    Provide General Funding

  • $1,000

    Santa Barbara Zoological Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    Provide General Funding

  • $1,000

    Smithsonian Institution · Wahington, DC · 2023

    Provide General Funding

  • $1,000

    The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    Provide general funding

  • $1,000

    University of California Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    Provide General Funding

  • $1,000

    Wesleyan University · Middletown, CT · 2023

    Provide general funding

  • $1,000

    Yellowstone Forever · Yellowstone Natl Park, WY · 2023

    Provide General Funding

  • $1,000

    Germantown Academy · Fort Washington, PA · 2022

    Provide General Funding

  • $1,000

    Heal the Ocean · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    Provide general funding

  • $1,000

    Helping Hands · Juneau, AK · 2022

    Provide general funding

  • $1,000

    John & Anna Newton Porter Foundation · Alton Bay, NH · 2022

    Provide general funding

  • $1,000

    Public Media Group of Southern California · Burbank, CA · 2022

    Provide General Funding

  • $1,000

    Riverview Health & Rehabilitation Center · Savannah, GA · 2022

    Provide general funding

  • $1,000

    Smithsonian Institution · Wahington, DC · 2022

    Provide General Funding

  • $1,000

    Wesleyan University · Middletown, CT · 2022

    Provide general funding

  • $1,000

    Yellowstone Forever · Yellowstone Natl Park, WY · 2022

    Provide General Funding

  • $1,000

    Yosemite Conservancy · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Provide general funding

  • $1,000

    Angel Flight of New England · North Andover, MA · 2021

    Provide General Funding

  • $1,000

    Children'S Museum of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021

    Provide General Funding

  • $1,000

    Ganna Walska Lotusland · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021

    Provide general funding

  • $1,000

    Germantown Academy · Fort Washington, PA · 2021

    Provide General Funding

  • $1,000

    John & Anna Newton Porter Foundation · Alton Bay, NH · 2021

    Provide general funding

  • $1,000

    Montecito Community Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021

    Provide general funding

  • $1,000

    Montecito Friends of the Library · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021

    Provide general funding

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.